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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio

6 Ranked Colleges
263 Degrees Awarded
$28,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Ohio

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across Ohio, there were 1,768 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,911 and $44,555 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 263 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal professions program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio.

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at Ohio State

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s legal professions degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Legal Professions Report

#4

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Toledo, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Toledo are $27,067.

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#5

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 8 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622.

Full Cleveland State University Legal Professions Report

#1 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Ohio ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 142 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Case Western also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Legal Professions at Case Western

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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